Category: Education, Museums and Libraries
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Jane E. Johnson
c. 1834-Feb 1907 First principal of the Normal School, for teacher training, in 1879, starting the school with 30 students. She remained with the school for 21 years, later becoming Vice Principal when…
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Sarah Ward
Feb 1833 – Feb 16, 1907 Namesake of the Sarah Ward Day Nursery, which has been in operation since 1892. The story states that she began caring for several children and soon had…
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Corrina Pitters Kay-Williams
1924-1994 Corrina Kay-Williams was born to Jamaican parents in East Orange. She served as an Essex County freeholder, East Orange councilwomen and educator in Newark, retiring as Vice Principal of Central High. “She…
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Rosa L Sears Scudder
c. 1852 – 28 Jan 1930 Rosa Sears was the mother of Clara Scudder, piano prodigy. She taught in the Colored School with James Baxter from at least 1870 until her marriage to…
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Julia A. Mason Voorhees
c. 1867-May 4, 1915 Only student from the Colored School to test into the High School in 1880 with an 82.7%, higher than many other students. She was the first Black student to…
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Clara Woodward Greene
c. 1846 – Jan 31, 1904 Born about 1846 in New England, Clara W. Greene was vice principal of Newark High School (now Barringer), or Principal/Head of the Female Department, for 25 years,…
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Eliza A. Chase
c. 1829-2 Jan 1880 First principal of the Female Department of Newark High School in 1855. The 1938 Barringer yearbook wrote, “an inspiration to all her students when high school and college education…
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Rose S. Ray Moryck
c. 1858 -1942 Mother of Brenda Moryck. One of the first colored teachers and principals in NJ, according to her obituary in the New York Age (She hasn’t been found in the Board…